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Key dates for 2022-23 NBA season
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2022-23 National Basketball Association Key Dates> 2022
- Sept. 9-10: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Enshrinement Weekend (Springfield, MA)
- Sept. 23: First allowable date for players participating in preseason games outside North America
to report to their teams (no earlier than 11 a.m. local time) - Sept. 24: Training camps open for all teams participating in preseason games outside North
America - Sept. 26: First allowable date for all other veteran players to report to their teams (no earlier than
11 a.m. local time) - Sept. 27: NBA training camps open
- Sept. 30: NBA preseason games begin
- Sept. 30 & Oct. 2: NBA Japan Games, Golden State Warriors vs.
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Washington Wizards (Tokyo, Japan) - Oct. 6 & 8: NBA Abu Dhabi Games, Atlanta Hawks vs. Milwaukee Bucks (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
- Oct. 14: NBA preseason ends
- Oct. 17: Rosters set for start of 2022-23 NBA regular season (5 p.m. ET)
- Oct. 18: Start of 2022-23 NBA regular season
- Oct. 22: 2022-23 NBA G League Draft
- Oct. 24: NBA G League training camps open
- Nov. 3: Rosters set for NBA G League Showcase Cup (5 p.m. ET)
- Nov. 4: NBA G League Showcase Cup begins (18 games per team)
- Dec. 17: NBA Mexico City Game, Miami Heat vs. San Antonio Spurs (Mexico City, Mexico)
- Dec. 19-22: NBA G League Winter Showcase and Showcase Cup Championship Game
- Dec. 27: NBA G League regular season begins (32 games per team)
> 2023
- Jan.
5: 10-day contracts may now be signed - Jan. 10: All standard NBA contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
- Jan. 19: NBA Paris Game, Chicago Bulls vs. Detroit Pistons (Paris, France)
- Jan. 20: All two-way contracts are guaranteed for the remainder of the season
- Feb. 9: NBA Trade Deadline (3 p.m. ET)
- Feb. 17-19: NBA All-Star 2023 (Salt Lake City, UT)
- Feb. 17-22: NBA All-Star break
- March 1: Playoff Eligibility Waiver Deadline
- March 25: NBA G League regular season ends
- March 28: NBA G League Playoffs 2023 begin
- April 9: NBA regular season ends
- April 10: Rosters set for NBA Playoffs 2023 (3 p.m. ET)
- April 11-14: NBA Play-In Tournament 2023
- April 15: NBA Playoffs 2023 begin
- April 23: NBA Early Entry Eligibility Deadline (11:59 p.
m. ET) - May 1-2: NBA Conference Semifinals begin (possible move-up to April 29-30)
- May 16-17: NBA Conference Finals begin (possible move-up to May 14-15)
- May 16: NBA Draft Lottery 2023 presented by State Farm
- June 1: NBA Finals 2023 Game 1
- June 1: NBA Finals 2023 Game 1
- June 4: NBA Finals 2023 Game 2
- June 7: NBA Finals 2023 Game 3
- June 9: NBA Finals 2023 Game 4
- June 12: NBA Draft Early Entry Entrant Withdrawal Deadline (5 p.m. ET)
- June 12: NBA Finals 2023 Game 5 (if necessary)
- June 15: NBA Finals 2023 Game 6 (if necessary)
- June 18: NBA Finals 2023 Game 7 (if necessary)
- June 22: NBA Draft 2023 presented by State Farm
Previous Dates> 2022-23 Season
- June 30, 2022: NBA teams can begin negotiating with free agents (beginning at 6 p.
m. ET) - July 2-3, 2022: California Classic Summer League (San Francisco, CA)
- July 5-7, 2022: Salt Lake City Summer League (Salt Lake City, UT)
- July 6, 2022: NBA teams may begin signing free agents to contracts (12:01 p.m. ET)
- July 7-17, 2022: NBA 2K23 Summer League 2022 (Las Vegas, NV)
2023-24 Key Dates
> 2024
- Feb. 16-18, 2024: NBA All-Star 2024 (Indianapolis, IN)
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NBA announces schedule for 2022-23 season
The 2022-23 NBA regular season will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with doubleheader on TNT (76ers vs. Celtics and Lakers vs. Warriors).
The NBA has released its full schedule for the 2022-23 season.
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NEW YORK – The NBA today released its complete game schedule and broadcast schedules for TNT, ESPN, ABC, NBA TV and ESPN Radio for the 2022-23 regular season. The complete schedule and team-by-team schedules are attached and available at NBA.com/schedule.
The 77th NBA regular season, which comprises 82 games per team, will tip off on Tuesday, Oct.
18, 2022, and conclude on Sunday, April 9, 2023. The 2023 NBA Play-In Tournament will take place from Tuesday, April 11 – Friday, April 14, followed by the start of the 2023 NBA Playoffs presented by Google Pixel on Saturday, April 15. Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV is scheduled to be played on Thursday, June 1.
The 2022-23 NBA regular season will tip off on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with a doubleheader on TNT as the 76ers visit the reigning Eastern Conference champion Celtics and the defending NBA champion Warriors receive their championship rings before hosting the Lakers. pic.twitter.com/Kcvj4GoYNh
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2022
Kia NBA Tip-Off 2022
The first four days of the 2022-23 NBA regular season (Oct. 18-21) will feature eight national television games as part of Kia NBA Tip-Off 2022, with TNT and ESPN airing two doubleheaders each.
Those games will showcase 12 different teams, three rematches from the 2022 NBA Playoffs and rosters that currently include 15 NBA All-Star selections from last season and seven recipients of the Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Award.
The regular season will begin on Tuesday, Oct. 18 with a doubleheader on TNT, marking Turner Sports’ 39th consecutive year of NBA coverage. In the first game, the Philadelphia 76ers will visit the reigning Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics (7:30 p.m. ET). In the second game, the defending NBA champion Golden State Warriors will receive their championship rings before hosting the Los Angeles Lakers (10 p.m. ET).
ESPN will tip off its 21st straight year of NBA coverage on Wednesday, Oct. 19 with a doubleheader, which begins with the Memphis Grizzlies hosting the New York Knicks (7:30 p.m. ET). The second game will be a rematch of a 2022 Western Conference Semifinals series, with the Dallas Mavericks visiting the Phoenix Suns (10 p.
m. ET).
On Thursday, Oct. 20, TNT will present its second doubleheader of opening week as the 76ers host the Milwaukee Bucks (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Lakers meet the LA Clippers (10 p.m. ET). ESPN’s doubleheader on Friday, Oct. 21 will have the Celtics visiting the Miami Heat (7:30 p.m. ET) and the Denver Nuggets facing the Warriors in San Francisco (10 p.m. ET) – rematches from the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals and 2022 Western Conference First Round, respectively.
NBA TV will tip off its live game coverage for the 2022-23 season on Saturday, Oct. 22 with a doubleheader as the San Antonio Spurs visit the 76ers (6 p.m. ET) and the Mavericks host the Grizzlies (8:30 p.m. ET). The national television schedule for the first week of the season will conclude on Sunday, Oct. 23 when the Suns visit the Clippers on NBA TV (10 p.m. ET).
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Schedule by date: https://t.co/MuUfyeRB99
Schedule by team: https://t.
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2022-23 season calendar ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/PkbidsCiWB
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) August 17, 2022
Christmas Day
Five games will be played on Christmas Day (Sunday, Dec. 25) for the 15th year in a row, with ESPN or ABC televising each matchup. The 75th edition of the NBA on Christmas Day will tip off on ESPN as the Knicks host the 76ers (noon ET).
The next three games will air on both ESPN and ABC, with the Lakers visiting the Mavericks (2:30 p.m. ET), the Celtics hosting the Bucks in a 2022 Eastern Conference Semifinals rematch (5 p.m. ET), and the Grizzlies making their Christmas Day debut when they visit the Warriors in a 2022 Western Conference Semifinals rematch (8 p.m. ET). The Christmas Day schedule will conclude with the Nuggets meeting the Suns in Denver on ESPN (10:30 p.m. ET).
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
TNT will present a doubleheader as part of Martin Luther King Jr.
Day on Monday, Jan. 16. In the first game, the Atlanta Hawks will host the Heat in a rematch of a 2022 Eastern Conference First Round series (3:30 p.m. ET). In the second game, the teams with the two best records in the 2021-22 regular season will meet when the Suns (NBA-best 64-18 last season) visit the Grizzlies (56-26 last season) at 6 p.m. ET, marking Memphis’ 21st annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration Game.
NBA TV will also televise two games on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, with the Celtics visiting the Charlotte Hornets (1 p.m. ET) and the Lakers hosting the Houston Rockets (10:30 p.m. ET).
Election Day
As Election Day approaches, the NBA and its teams will continue to encourage fans to make a plan to vote and participate in the civic process. New this season, all 30 teams will play on Monday, Nov. 7 on the day before Election Day, when the NBA will help promote voter participation, share important resources from voting organizations and highlight the civic engagement work of teams in their markets.
As part of this initiative, no NBA games have been scheduled for Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 8.
NBA Rivals Week
Classic and budding rivalries between teams and players will take center stage for NBA Rivals Week during the week of Jan. 23. A new highlight of the regular-season schedule, NBA Rivals Week will feature 11 nationally televised games across four networks over five days from Tuesday, Jan. 24 – Saturday, Jan. 28. Rivalries will be the focus of all nine games across TNT, ESPN and ABC that week, in addition to two games on NBA TV.
NBA Rivals Week will showcase a tripleheader on ABC on Jan. 28, concluding with the Lakers visiting the Celtics as the two teams that share the record for most NBA championships (17) and have met in the NBA Finals the most times (12) renew their rivalry in Boston (8:30 p.m. ET). Earlier in the day on ABC, two-time reigning Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Nikola Jokić will lead the Nuggets against back-to-back MVP runner-up and 2021-22 NBA scoring leader Joel Embiid and the 76ers (3 p.
m. ET), followed by an intracity matchup between New York and the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center (5:30 p.m. ET).
The complete game and broadcast schedule for NBA Rivals Week, which will include four rematches from the 2022 NBA Playoffs, is available here.
NBA Global Games
The 2022-23 season will feature the return of NBA Global Games with two regular-season games outside the U.S. and Canada, both televised by NBA TV. The NBA Mexico City Game 2022 will see the Heat face the Spurs on Saturday, Dec. 17 at the Arena CDMX in Mexico City (5 p.m. ET). The NBA Paris Game 2023 will feature a matchup between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons on Thursday, Jan. 19 at the Accor Arena in Paris (3 p.m. ET).
2022 NBA Finals Rematches
The Warriors and Celtics will meet for the first time since the 2022 NBA Finals on Saturday, Dec. 10 in San Francisco on ABC (8:30 p.m. ET). This will mark the season premiere of NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC, the first of seven regular-season games on Saturday nights at 8:30 p.
m. ET on ABC.
The second and final regular-season matchup between the two defending conference champions will take place on Thursday, Jan. 19 in Boston on TNT (7:30 p.m. ET).
Final Day of Regular Season
All 30 teams will play on the final day of the regular season (Sunday, April 9). The seven games between Eastern Conference teams and the one interconference game (Rockets at Washington Wizards) will begin at 1 p.m. ET, and the seven games between Western Conference teams will start at 3:30 p.m. ET. ESPN will televise a doubleheader, with the matchups to be determined at a later date.
Travel Reduction
The estimated average miles traveled for the 2022-23 regular season has been reduced to 41,000 miles per team, a record low in the era with 30 teams and 82 games per team. This marks an estimated reduction of nearly 2,000 miles per team from last season’s previous all-time low of 43,000 miles traveled. In total, NBA teams are projected to travel more than 50,000 fewer miles than last season.
The instances with no travel between games for teams on the road have increased by 66% from last season (88 from 53). The 88 no-travel instances include 55 instances of teams playing consecutive road games against the same opponent and 33 instances of teams playing two games in a row in Los Angeles (against the Clippers and Lakers) or New York (against the Knicks and Nets).
Additional Schedule Highlights
All 30 teams are scheduled to make at least one appearance on TNT or ESPN in the 2022-23 regular season. The NBA on TNT, ESPN, ABC and NBA TV will present flexible scheduling throughout the regular season to provide the most compelling matchups to a national audience.
TNT will air 18 Tuesday doubleheaders and 13 Thursday doubleheaders during the regular season, with each Thursday doubleheader taking place in January or later except for the one during opening week. ESPN will televise 21 Wednesday doubleheaders and 13 Friday doubleheaders.
All primetime doubleheaders across TNT and ESPN will again be played at 7:30 p.m. ET/10 p.m. ET.
ABC will present 15 regular-season games across Saturday nights and Sunday afternoons (excluding Christmas Day). NBA TV will televise more than 100 live games during the regular season.
The 2023 NBA Finals presented by YouTube TV and the 2023 Western Conference Finals will be exclusively televised by ABC and ESPN/ABC, respectively. TNT will exclusively televise the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals and the 2023 NBA All-Star Game, which will be played on Sunday, Feb. 19 in Salt Lake City.
ESPN Radio will broadcast 25 games in the regular season, including Lakers vs. Warriors on opening night, Bucks vs. Celtics and Grizzlies vs. Warriors on Christmas Day, and Heat vs. Hawks on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It will also provide coverage from NBA All-Star and the NBA Finals.
NBA League Pass will offer live, out-of-market games all season through the NBA App, NBA.com, connected televisions and TV providers.
Fans can unlock direct access to stream matchups featuring their favorite teams and players with NBA League Pass (blackout restrictions apply). For more information, visit NBA.com/leaguepass.
The regular season will feature 45 games that will air in primetime in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as part of “NBA Saturdays and NBA Sundays presented by NBA 2K23.”
NBA games and programming are available in 214 countries and territories in more than 50 languages.
Team-by-team schedule
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Brooklyn Nets• Complete list of games
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Cleveland Cavaliers• Complete list of games
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Dallas Mavericks• Complete list of games
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Detroit Pistons• Complete list of games
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How long is a quarter in basketball (NBA, FIBA).
Number of halves in a game
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It so happened that some of the rules of playing basketball in Europe and North America have differences, and this primarily concerns the duration of the periods. The number of quarters in FIBA and NBA matches is the same, however, Americans, for whom basketball is considered one of the most popular sports, like to enjoy this wonderful game longer, therefore, in their rules, they increased the duration of each half by two minutes (compared to the International Federation of basketball)
Interesting fact: In the early days of basketball there were only 13 rules, now there are more than 200.
How many periods are there in a basketball game?
A basketball game consists of 4 quarters (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) , this applies to both NBA and FIBA.
Conventionally, the 1st and 2nd periods are the first half of the match, and the 3rd and 4th are the second. Between each quarter there is a two-minute break, but between the second and third half, the duration of the break is as much as 15 minutes.
According to the officially established rules, there can be no draw in basketball. If after 4 periods the score is equal, another quarter is played lasting 5 minutes. The number of extra periods is not limited, there may be several such five-minute periods until the winning team is determined.
How long is a quarter in basketball (NBA and FIBA)?
In Europe, tournaments held under the auspices of FIBA, the duration of each game is 40 minutes, that is, each quarter lasts 10 minutes .
In the United States of America, where the ruling organization in basketball is the NBA, the duration of the match is 48 minutes, that is, the time of each period is not 10, but 12 minutes. It turns out that in the USA, due to these two minutes added to each quarter, advertisers have more time to show their products to the viewer (the longer the viewer is at the TV screens, the more money the clubs earn on advertising).
That is why the NBA is the richest and most popular basketball league on the planet.
Many people are also interested in how long a basketball game lasts in Europe and the USA. In general, taking into account the duration of all quarters, half-time intervals and dead ball situations (eg fouls, free throws and other stoppages), the total duration of the match is 2-3 hours.
The average regular season game in the NBA is 137 minutes.
The duration of basketball matches in the Olympic Games and competitions under the auspices of FIBA is shorter than in US tournaments, since the same match duration is 8 minutes shorter. FIBA also has fewer timeouts. In the NBA, both teams get 14 timeouts per game for two, with 2 timeouts in each period being mandatory (so-called television timeouts). FIBA and the Olympic Games have 5 timeouts, and teams may not necessarily use them.
Do you know how long the longest basketball game lasted?
The record for the length of a basketball game was recorded in 2006 in the United States of America.
The duel was held specifically to set a record, the student teams "North Carolina" and "Duke" played each other for more than 58 hours in a row, the victory was won by "Duke" with a score of 3688:3444. All proceeds from ticket sales went to charity.
Conclusion
Some NBA and FIBA basketball rules differ. So, one of the main differences is the duration of the periods, in US tournaments each lasts 12 minutes, and in Europe - 10 minutes. A basketball game can never end in a draw, so there is no limit to the number of added halves. If you are planning to visit a basketball game, please note that it can take as much as 2-3 hours to watch.
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How long is a basketball quarter in China and other countries?
Basketball is very popular in the world, it occupies a leading position among sports team games.
They are interested not only in those who play at the amateur and professional level. The rules and subtleties of the gameplay should be known to fans, as well as those who bet on games. In this article we will consider one of these subtleties - the duration of the quarter. You will find out how long a quarter lasts in basketball in China and other countries, what determines the duration of this period, who determines it. The organization of basketball matches in different countries is different, although almost the same rules work.
The rules of basketball are dictated to the whole world by the United States, the NBA was created in this state. This is the strongest basketball league on the planet. But even in America, not everyone knows that in other countries they play a little differently. Not all basketball fans can accurately answer how long a quarter is in Chinese basketball.
What is a quarter?
Any basketball game is divided into four quarters and two halves, consisting of two such intervals.
A quarter is not a period or a set, it is a separate unit of measure. The duration varies and is regulated by the national federation organizing the matches.
If the competition takes place in Europe, then the quarter lasts 10 minutes, in America - 12 minutes. A period is half a game, so in the European league it lasts 20 minutes, in the NBA it lasts 24. A period is not always half a game. In hockey, where the term comes from, a period lasts 20 minutes, which is one third of the entire match. The term set refers to 12 minutes of playing time, it is used in tennis and volleyball, it is not used in basketball. Each discipline has its own peculiarities of timing.
How do you count time in basketball?
The match begins with the main referee throwing the ball into the center of the court. A struggle begins for him, in which a player from each team enters. Time starts counting from the starting face-off.
Although a quarter is defined as 10 and 12 minutes, it actually lasts longer.
Time is counted only in those moments when the players hold the ball in their hands or dribble it. Each basketball hall has a scoreboard that counts the game time and shows it to everyone present.
Basketball in Asia
Let's move on to answering an interesting question regarding the quarter in basketball in China, how many minutes does it last. The phrase “Asian basketball” itself seems strange to many Europeans. They imagine the basketball player is very tall, which is not typical for representatives of Asian nationalities. Those who have never watched KBA matches and have no idea what short Chinese basketball players are capable of are subject to such a delusion. There are many legends among them who possess dribbling and know how to masterfully do slam dunks.
The organization differs from the European one, including the duration of the quarters. They are 12 minutes, which is equivalent to the NBA. There are other features in Chinese games. In the Celestial Empire, this sport is very much loved, although it is forbidden to make sports bets, but there are a lot of bets on basketball.
Experts estimate that the KBA is now in its heyday, the organization is cultivating a new generation of professional athletes who will excel in the Asian league. They also have legionnaires of a different level, but there are relatively few of them. The system of Chinese basketball is distinguished by its isolation, but if you wish, you can still understand it.
Basketball quarter in other countries
Having found out how much a basketball quarter is in China, it is worth asking other countries as well. It all depends on which organization the match is under the auspices of. If it is FIBA, then the match will consist of four ten-minutes. If the NBA - then four segments of 12 minutes, a total of 48 minutes.
It is believed that the US added an extra two minutes in order to give sponsors more advertising time. The longer the viewer spends time at the screen and sees ads, the more money the NBA will earn from it.
This opinion may well be true, since the NBA is not only the most professional, but also the richest basketball organization on the planet.
